What Is Dollar Sign in Linux?
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The dollar sign prompt (or a prompt ending with a dollar sign) means that UNIX is now ready to interpret and execute your commands as typed in from your keyboard.

What does $? Mean in Linux?

$? -The exit status of the last command executed. … For shell scripts, this is the process ID under which they are executing.

What does $? Mean in Unix?

$? = was last command successful. Answer is 0 which means ‘yes’.

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